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“The main reason people like green buildings is because green buildings like people.”

The NZGBC is proud to see the rise in interest for
high-performing, healthy and efficient buildings. We are receiving a
number of requests from tenants who are seeking to communicate with their
landlords on the spaces they occupy. These tenants are interested in having
independent verification of the energy efficiency or holistic performance of
their building.

In response, the NZGBC has prepared two template letters which can be
used by a tenant seeking a better-quality space. The two letters are:

NABERSNZ Tenant Letter – for a tenant in a
commercial office building seeking to measure and improve upon their building’s
energy use; or

Performance Tenant Letter – for a tenant
in any type of building (industrial, retail, educational, etc.) seeking to
improve upon their building’s holistic sustainability, including the health and
wellbeing of tenancy occupants.

Please feel free to adapt and forward these letters to your landlord.
Please note, the highlighted fields in the letter will need to be amended, such
as your landlord’s address.

These standards were created by the sector to help verify the
performance of buildings. Please use the following links for more information on
NABERSNZ or Green Star – Performance.

We hope that is of use. Do let us know if you need anything else at
all.

This Guide enables tenants and landlords to create better performing, more energy efficient buildings. A joint initiative between government and industry, it was developed by EECA, lawyers DLA Piper New Zealand, and NZGBC.

The model clauses are designed to insert directly into lease agreements, and cover issues of:

co-operation between tenants and landlords

energy use, water and waste

quality of the indoor environment

use of rating tools such as Green Star and NABERSNZ.

The Guide was adapted from a resource produced by Sydney’s Better Buildings Partnership (BBP), a government/ industry initiative.